Maikki Toivanen ‘Silent Touch’
20 - 24 November 2024
Silent Touch explores how the artist as curator can combine the visuals of ceramic sculpture with the haptic perception of touch. Through her practice-based research, Maikki Toivanen, an Honours candidate of the University of Canberra, investigates the potential of touch within the gallery space.
Toivanen furthers this connection to nature, through the Wunderkammer display of objects which have served as inspiration for her ceramic sculptures, opening a dialogue to the haptic. This utilises our innate sense of touch to combine narratives of nature, place and the act of collecting as a means of acknowledging the ephemeral and delicate properties of life.
Maikki is an alumna of Queensland College of Art, achieving a Bachelor of Fine Art with a double major in Painting and Print Media, and a Diploma of Visual Arts in ceramics studies at TAFE Queensland.
Opening night:
When: November 22nd 2024, 5:30-8pm
Where: Land Street Gallery, 6 Land St Toowong
Entry: FREE
